Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 November 2010

1 November 2010 · Denise Nicholson

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:55:50 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 November 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Scholars Say International Property Accord Needs Senate Approval

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/acta-treaty-or-accord/

Over 75 Law Profs Call for Halt of ACTA

http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/blog-post/over-70-law-profs-call-fo
r-halt-of-acta-negotiation

TRIPS Council Discusses Efficacy Of ACTA, Public Health Amendment

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/03/02/wto-trips-council-considers-wo
rkshop-on-public-health-amendment/

A Primer On Spotting IP Issues Associated with Social Media Websites and
Content

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/10/30/a-primer-on-spotting-ip-issues
-associated-with-social-media-websites-and-content/

Innovation: It Isn't a Matter of Left or Right

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/business/31every.html?ref=global-home

The Googlization of Everything and the Future of Copyright

http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/Vol40/Issue3/DavisVol40No3_Vaidh
yanathan.pdf

Traditional Knowledge:

Old Knowledge to get India Money

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Old-knowledge-to-get-India-money/Article1-
620113.aspx

Traditional Knowledge - use or misuse?

http://www.patentpill.com/2010/10/traditional-knowledge-use-or-misuse.ht
ml

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon Nov 1 12:56:15 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:56:15 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 November 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

The Conclusion of Open Access Week 2010

http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/the-conclusion-of-open-acce
ss

China - Stop Making Paper and Start Open Access

http://intechweb.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/china-stop-making-paper-and-st
art-open-access/

Appraise and Select Research Data for Curation

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/appraise-select-research-data

Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property (may download
whole book)

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/full_pdfs/Access_to_Knowledge_in_the_Age_o
f_Intellectual_Property.pdf

Open Educational Resources:

UK Centre for Bioscience OERs

http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/oer/OER1.aspx

Conference alert: Call for papers:

4th African Conference for Digital Scholarship and Curation (peer
reviewed)
'Innovation & collaboration in the digital research and learning
environments'

17 -19 May 2011 - Venue: CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria,
South Africa

Contact; nngcangula at csir.co.za

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu Nov 4 12:48:39 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 12:48:39 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] FW: Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 November 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Proposed Media Tribunal (South Africa):

Implications of the Proposed Media Tribunal

http://www.ngopulse.org/article/implications-proposed-media-tribunal

Intellectual Property:

Chiefs seek to protect intellectual property (South Africa)

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=125802

The Bill C-32 Debate Begins: Locks, Levies & Misinformation on Fair
Dealing (Canada)

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5420/125/

Proposed copyright legislation runs into united front from opposition
(Canada)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Proposed+copyright+legislation+runs
+into+united+front+from+opposition/3768492/story.html

Trial Opens Over Damages in Oracle Copyright Case With SAP

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/technology/03oracle.html?_r=1

Accused 'Hurt Locker' pirates turn to law school
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20021307-261.html#ixzz14IY5EJCHhttp://
news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20021307-261.html

Do Copyright and Patent Rights End After a Legitimate Sale Abroad?

http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202474280407&Do_Copyright
_and_Patent_Rights_End_After_a_Legitimate_Sale_Abroad

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

IISH Guidelines for preserving research data: a framework for preserving
collaborative data collections for future research

http://www.surffoundation.nl/nl/themas/openonderzoek/cris/Documents/SURF
share_Collectioneren_Guidelines_IISH_DEF.pdf

Regional Workshop on Benefits of Open Access for Research Dissemination,
Usage, Visibility and Impact

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30947&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_S
ECTION=201.html

"Save and savour your audiovisual collections - now"

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001897/189773e.pdf

Creative Heritage Digital Gateway

http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/culturalheritage/gateway/

African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development (OA)

http://www.ajfand.net/

Emerald announces first open access articles through special partnership
with IFLA

http://www.prlog.org/11044451-emerald-announces-first-open-access-articl
es-through-special-partnership-with-ifla.html

Help-A-Librarian

http://www.helpalibrarian.com

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Nov 5 10:48:45 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 10:48:45 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 5 November 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

WIPO SCCR 21 - November 2010

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=20208

Independent review launched to ensure IP system promotes growth (UK)

http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail.aspx?NewsAreald=2&ReleaseID=416370&
Subjectid=2

UK copyright laws to be reviewed, announces Cameron

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11695416

English Heritage Claims Copyright on Stonehenge

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/10/21/english-heritage-seeks-copyright-stone
henge/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communcation:

Open Access Week Mandate Adoption Challenge Collected 16 New Mandates

http://intechweb.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/open-access-week-mandate-adopt
ion-challenge-collected-16-new-mandates/

OA Mandates of October 2010

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/11-02-10.htm

Rotating Map of Institutional Repositories from eprints

http://intechweb.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/rotating-global-map-of-institu
tional-repositories-from-eprints/

List of Institutional Repositories (INASP)

http://www.inasp.info/file/befc376be7b821ba0667ba35483234c2/list-of-insi
tutional-respositories.html#Guide

The rights and wrongs of digital books

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11693222

Why We Can't Afford Not to Create a Well-Stocked National Digital
Library System

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/11/why-we-cant-afford
-not-to-create-a-well-stocked-national-digital-library-system/66111/

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Lessig Calls For WIPO To Lead Overhaul Of Copyright System

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/11/05/lessig-calls-for-wipo-to-lead-
overhaul-of-copyright-system/

Intellectual Property, Dissemination of Innovation and Sustainable
Development

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1758-5899.2010.00048.x/pdf

Traditional Knowledge:

iPortal (TK)

http://iportal.usask.ca/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Free Newspaper makes headlines (Mozambique)

http://africasummit.blogspot.com/2010/11/africa-in-news_08.html

http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/21/is-african-media-becoming-more-
free/

Institutional Repositories: an Internal and External Perspective on the
Value of IRs for Researchers' Communities

http://liber.library.uu.nl/publish/issues/2010-2/index.html?000503

ICT Transforming Education : a Regional Guide

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001892/189216e.pdf

E-Journal Usage and Impact in Scholarly Research: A Review of the
Literature

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section~content=a928400689~fulltext=713
240928~dontcount=true

Emerald announces first open access articles through special partnership
with IFLA

http://www.prlog.org/11044451-emerald-announces-first-open-access-articl
es-through-special-partnership-with-ifla.html

Charleston Conference - Funding of Open Access Books

http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/?p=1696

Reference manager and academic social network

http://www.mendeley.com/

Berlin 8 Open Access Conference papers/presentations:

http://www.berlin8.org/?view=content/article&id=13&miid=39

Building digital libraries in Africa: Local content, regional support,
global visibility

http://www.eifl.net:8080/drupal-6.16/news/building-digital-libraries-afr
ica-local-conte

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
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Regards,

Denise

Protection of Information Bill (South Africa):

Secrecy Bill 2: New version still fails Freedom Test
<http://www.communitymedia.org.za/alt-media-resources/239-secrecy-bill-2
> (South Africa)

http://www.communitymedia.org.za/alt-media-resources/239-secrecy-bill-2

Intellectual Property:

Copyright Law, Getting in the Way of Getting Copyrighted Works
<http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2010/11/copyright-law-getting-in-way-of
-getting.html>

http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2010/11/copyright-law-getting-in-way-of-
getting.html

Traditional Knowledge:

Poor People's Knowledge: Promoting Intellectual Property in Developing
Countries

http://bit.ly/cNbCDp

Croc bite remedy highlights Indigenous Knowledge

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s3063466.htm

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Access to Knowledge for Consumers: Reports of Campaigns and Research
2008-2010,

http://www.consumersinternational.org/media/453199/a2k-reports2010_b.pdf

Digital Underclass: What Happens When the Libraries Die?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/digital-underclass-what-happens-when-th
e-libraries-die/14554?tag=mantle_skin;content

An analysis of open access scholarly communication in Tanzanian public
universities (thesis)

http://uir.unisa.ac.za/dspace/handle/10500/3684

Open Educational Resources:

Report on the International Council for Open and Distance Education
(CDE) Policy Forum, September 2010

http://www.icde.org/filestore/News/2010/Sept-Dec_images/PolicyForumrepor
t.pdf

Finding Learning Resources

http://blogs.rsc-wales.ac.uk/blog/2010/11/10/finding-learning-resources/

Conference alerts (2011):

eLearning Africa 2011

25-27 May 2011, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

www.elearning-africa.com

6th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Conference

27-30 June 2011, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

http://www.eblip6.salford.ac.uk

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
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